The Carnival - A Guide to Pets

Maya · October 10, 2019, 3:07am

I have experienced that too. But then again, I never really bother with the pet attack command (too lazy), so it never bothered me

Does not affect the Pet.

Ditchinit · October 11, 2019, 1:53am

Pet attack is best used defensively to relocate pets out of pools of dangerous [insert color] stuff. Otherwise, keep them on aggressive stance and they’ll attack better than you can direct them to do so.

Artemix · October 11, 2019, 10:04am

Wrong, microing pets, specially birds, to achieve the shotgun effect, is very useful, otherwise many shots are missed.

Maya · October 11, 2019, 2:32pm

Both of you are right, but it depends on the context and the situation.

It is indeed correct that for familiars against single targets, microing them means theoretically more damage since you can make all their attacks hit the same target.

However, against multiple targets their AI does a better job and manually controlling them can lead to a DPS loss.

HVS · October 12, 2019, 5:06am

Hi, Maya.
Between all of your pet builds, what is your most favorite and your most fun to play build in your opinion?

Maya · October 12, 2019, 5:57am

This one: The Fluffy Squishy - Pet Conjurer

Second option would be: Will O Wisp - Pet Cabalist

HVS · October 12, 2019, 7:11am

Thanks for your answer!

medea_fleecestealer · October 14, 2019, 7:43am

Maya, how do you level up Fluffy Squishy? I’m going for the lazy birb version, but not sure whether to max pets first or climb masteries a bit more. Atm I have 6 points in each pet base skill. Only mid-20s atm.

Maya · October 14, 2019, 8:31am

Personally, I simply went for the Solo Occu all the way to 94 and then changed the skill points around.

That should still work, but with just enough points into Shaman early on to get a 16/16 Briarthorn for the extra pet for an easier time.

The points needed can be taken from what would have gone to the Hellhound’s skills.

But after getting a Briarthorn, going back to Occultist and focusing on it (except for the Hound skills other than 1 point in Ember Claw) should be the most straightforward route.

Something like this should do:

L10 - https://www.grimtools.com/calc/vNQY8qMN
L20 - https://www.grimtools.com/calc/b28egoGV
L30 - https://www.grimtools.com/calc/q2MnWqQV
L40 - https://www.grimtools.com/calc/YNn6EOyN
L50 - https://www.grimtools.com/calc/bVAwPd1N
L60 - https://www.grimtools.com/calc/YZeKzdp2
L70 - https://www.grimtools.com/calc/JVl605oN
L80 - https://www.grimtools.com/calc/YVWO3BdV
L90 - https://www.grimtools.com/calc/m233o5j2

Don’t mind the items, the links are just modified Occu ones from my build diary

You can also get Assassin’s blade for the extra Physical RR for Briarthorns until you can convert pet physical into elemental.
Look here for the devotion setup in that case: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/gZwL8WbN

medea_fleecestealer · October 14, 2019, 8:50am

Thanks Maya. I usually max pets first, but for 3 it’s a bit of a juggle over who to do first. I’ll swop stuff around for the level 30 plan and take it from there. Only a few more levels off that anyway, just hit L26.

Maya · October 17, 2019, 3:23am

Added another Cabalist to the list
Blame @Avyctes for trying to out-laze me…

savage1991 · October 18, 2019, 4:34pm

Hi Maya. How would you level a cabalist? I am leveling a pure necromancer and they are breaking me.

Maya · October 20, 2019, 1:56am

L10 - https://www.grimtools.com/calc/vNQY8qMN
L20 - https://www.grimtools.com/calc/4VxmBKaZ
L30 - https://www.grimtools.com/calc/Q2zDk9vZ
L40 - https://www.grimtools.com/calc/eZPOkYBV
L50 - https://www.grimtools.com/calc/vNQOgoMV
L60 - https://www.grimtools.com/calc/RVvLjvmN
L70 - https://www.grimtools.com/calc/JVl6DEXN
L80 - https://www.grimtools.com/calc/dVbnQE3V
L90 - https://www.grimtools.com/calc/D2p6koeZ

That should work. Try to get an Early Scorpius Pummeler if you can.

(Ignore the items)

savage1991 · October 20, 2019, 2:00am

Thank you very much Maya, I hope to have my armed character soon

Slagbroder · October 20, 2019, 10:20pm

Hi, returning player from ~end of may I think. Last I left off I was following the lightning squishy build and having a pretty good time of it but it seems it is outdated now. I have most of the gear for any of the builds you listed, both conjurer and cabalist but I dont have any of the bysmiels trinkets items. Whats my best bet until I manage to get a hold of those?

Maya · October 21, 2019, 1:14am

Hm… I don’t remember the exact build you mentioned. But if you can give the GT link, I can try to simply give you an updated version if you wish.

But if you have the full mythical beastcaller set, you can try this instead too: Sanguine Lupus - Pet Conjurer

Maya · October 21, 2019, 4:53am

So… random Fluffy Squishy build I threw together: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/O2G4yqJV

Kind of low on Phys res though

2nd Random build -

Lazy 2 button Ghol Pet Ritualist: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/RVvLjbzN

lazycalm · October 21, 2019, 3:37pm

Hi Maya,
Feel like playing a pet build again.

What’s your most offensive build? I kinda like blowing up things quickly, don’t mind if I can’t facetank.
Thanks

Maya · October 21, 2019, 3:41pm

Conjurer - Sanguine Lupus - Pet Conjurer
Cabalist - Will O Wisp - Pet Cabalist

ya1 · October 21, 2019, 5:11pm

Questions for the resident zookeeper.

Ravens autoattack - does it scale with attack speed or cast speed?
Pet skills (like Blight Burst, Ground Slam or Lightning Strike) - is their cooldown affected by cdr?
Skeleton mages - do they deal vitality/phys like other skeletons?
What’s your take on Mend Wounds currently? Does it slow down Ravens’ dps?